4 players were tied for the most goals against empty nets in 2016-17, with 4 goals. The first three are Mikael Granlund, Brad Marchand and Eric Staal.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player 2017

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Mikael Granlund M. Granlund	4	2016-17	MIN	81	26	43	69	+23	12	7	13	3	1	4	1	177	14.7	16	33	48.5	50	50	43	33	18:49
2	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	4	2016-17	BOS	80	39	46	85	+18	81	9	15	3	2	8	1	226	17.3	13	36	36.1	51	35	69	84	19:26
3	Eric Staal E. Staal	4	2016-17	MIN	82	28	37	65	+17	34	4	12	1	1	8	0	211	13.3	577	1,174	49.1	42	39	51	24	18:36
4	Alexander Steen A. Steen	4	2016-17	STL	76	16	35	51	-2	53	3	13	0	0	2	0	117	13.7	101	247	40.9	33	69	27	18	19:18
5	Patrik Berglund P. Berglund	3	2016-17	STL	82	23	11	34	-7	32	4	4	0	0	5	1	153	15.0	584	1,169	50.0	155	42	43	23	15:59
6	Alexandre Burrows A. Burrows	3	2016-17	TOT	75	15	16	31	+3	62	1	0	0	1	2	0	143	10.5	5	14	35.7	68	34	35	19	14:39
7	Patrick Eaves P. Eaves	3	2016-17	TOT	79	32	19	51	-2	24	13	5	0	0	2	0	209	15.3	2	4	50.0	89	43	30	19	16:25
8	Nikolaj Ehlers N. Ehlers	3	2016-17	WPG	82	25	39	64	+1	38	5	7	0	0	4	0	204	12.3	0	4	0.0	43	28	36	51	17:29
9	Mike Fisher M. Fisher	3	2016-17	NSH	72	18	24	42	+1	55	7	10	0	0	3	0	120	15.0	703	1,280	54.9	160	64	21	19	16:37
10	Michael Grabner M. Grabner	3	2016-17	NYR	76	27	13	40	+22	10	0	0	1	2	3	0	162	16.7	7	13	53.8	41	34	48	22	14:06
11	Boone Jenner B. Jenner	3	2016-17	CBJ	82	18	16	34	+14	52	0	1	2	0	4	0	211	8.5	92	184	50.0	216	80	42	20	16:04
12	Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	3	2016-17	WSH	82	24	34	58	+25	10	5	14	0	0	5	2	129	18.6	13	28	46.4	32	22	40	48	17:00
13	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	3	2016-17	TBL	74	40	45	85	+13	38	17	15	0	0	7	1	246	16.3	0	0		30	20	54	64	19:26
14	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	3	2016-17	EDM	82	30	70	100	+27	26	3	24	1	1	6	1	251	12.0	348	806	43.2	34	29	76	54	21:08
15	J.T. Miller	3	2016-17	NYR	82	22	34	56	+17	21	2	5	3	1	6	1	132	16.7	157	357	44.0	101	56	49	51	16:22
16	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	3	2016-17	CHI	82	31	43	74	+18	21	9	8	0	0	5	1	211	14.7	2	10	20.0	23	14	57	55	19:28
17	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	3	2016-17	BOS	75	34	36	70	+11	34	10	14	0	0	6	2	262	13.0	2	3	66.7	72	32	50	65	17:59
18	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	3	2016-17	SJS	81	29	39	68	+11	34	7	15	1	0	7	0	233	12.4	449	856	52.5	130	73	33	84	19:07
19	Alexander Radulov A. Radulov	3	2016-17	MTL	76	18	36	54	+10	62	6	10	0	0	2	0	147	12.2	6	12	50.0	76	41	42	52	18:17
20	Zack Smith Z. Smith	3	2016-17	OTT	74	16	16	32	+6	61	1	0	4	0	1	0	137	11.7	317	609	52.1	140	38	31	35	16:23
21	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	3	2016-17	SJS	79	7	43	50	+7	51	1	18	0	0	0	0	81	8.6	375	737	50.9	52	31	64	74	18:04
22	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	3	2016-17	CHI	72	21	37	58	+7	35	6	11	0	0	5	0	199	10.6	852	1,552	54.9	43	32	37	37	20:09
23	Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	3	2016-17	FLA	82	23	31	54	-13	43	2	10	0	1	2	1	230	10.0	835	1,664	50.2	164	51	63	69	20:50
24	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	3	2016-17	WPG	82	26	48	74	+6	47	5	16	2	1	4	0	259	10.0	43	94	45.7	100	51	39	44	20:09
25	Connor Brown C. Brown	3	2016-17	TOR	82	20	16	36	+3	10	2	4	1	0	4	0	139	14.4	2	8	25.0	50	46	40	25	16:12